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så

so, thus/soː/

så as an adverb

Meaning

so; thus

In Swedish: på det här sättet

så as a conjunction

Meaning

In Swedish: följaktligen

så as a pronoun

Meaning

if so; in that case

In Swedish: sådan

så as a verb

Meaning

sow

In Swedish: lägga ner frön i jorden för att de skall gro

Conjugation

Conjugation of så (sow)
Infinitive	att så	to sow
Present	sår	jag sår
Past	sådde	jag sådde
Supine	sått	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sått	jag har sått
Past perfect	hade sått	jag hade sått
Future	ska så	or: kommer att så
Conditional	skulle så	jag skulle så
Imperative	så!	a command
Present participle	sående	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sådd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of så
Infinitive	sås
Present	sås
Past	såddes
Supine	såtts

Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use sår. See the four verb groups explained.

så as a noun(en så)

Meaning

a tub, especially one for animals to drink from

Forms

Forms of så
Singular, indefinite	en så
Singular, definite	sån
Plural, indefinite	såar
Plural, definite	såarna

så is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor så, den stora sån. Check another noun

Practise så

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What does så mean?

så in a sentence

Så kan det gå!
That's how it can turn out!
det var så kallt att hon förfrös tårna
it was so cold that her toes got frostbitten
aktiviteten har aldrig varit så stor som nu
the level of activity has never been so high as it is now
när hon kom fram så var det stängt
when she got there, it was closed
Är det inte så?
Isn't it so?
en så kallad skruvboll
a so-called curve ball
Kolla hur jag hoppar och hoppa (så) som jag gör
Look at how I jump and jump like me ("jump (in such a way) as I do" – the så is redundant)
Så, maten är klar!
So, the food is done!
jag hann i tid så jag kom in
I arrived in time, so I got in
Vi måste åka så att vi hinner hem i tid
We have to go so that we make it home in time

Expressions

tack så mycket
thank you so (very) much

Questions

What does så mean in English?

så means “so, thus”.

Is it en så or ett så?

It is en så, and “the a tub” is sån.

What is the plural of så?

The plural of så is såar, and the definite plural is såarna.

What is the past tense of så?

The past tense of så is sådde (“jag sådde”). The supine is sått, used in “jag har sått”.

What is the present tense of så?

sår, the same for every person: jag sår, du sår, vi sår.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē.

Nearby common words

så is number 23 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

19var was, were
20mig me (objective case)
21här here
22dig you, you (singular objective case)
24den it, he, she, that
25till to, until
26kan can
27de they

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary